A house in Freeport being planned by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland got a big lift this week. The Habitat chapter said Casco-based Hancock Lumber, with 11 lumber yards in Maine, will donate ...

Builders are hammering away at more new houses than at any time since before last decade’s foreclosure crisis, and the construction boom is driving up lumber prices. Lumber futures are up more than a ...

U.S. homebuilders are calling on the Biden administration to temporarily lift tariffs on China and Canada to ease supply-chain bottlenecks that are hurting housing affordability. “Until a long-term ...